Creating Animated GIFs

“If you’ve always wanted to create animated images from scratch, there are now simple ways to learn how even if you’re not a professional cartoonist. Animations work similar to cartoons because you must create a variety of images that are very similar, but different in just a small way. As the images are “flipped” or looped on the computer screen the animation comes to life.

Free animated gifs are available online, but sometimes you might need to create your own. For example, you might want to create a holiday special animation for your website to announce a special sale. There are many Christmas animated gifs available, but none of them have your company’s name or special offer on them. Once you understand how to create your own, you can customize them with your company name, your colors, logo, special offer, etc.

Choose a graphics program that’s easy to work with and affordable. Believe it or not, you don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to get these great tools. There are graphic design programs available for less than a hundred dollars that will work just fine!”

There’s much more to it, but it’s not as difficult as it looks at first. Read the rest of this free tutorial for full instructions.